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Marc Frank was beaten terribly and was also covered in lacerations and blood. Artimus Pyle emerged with several broken ribs, and bleeding everywhere you could. Powell’s nose had been nearly ripped from his face after crashing head first through a table. Laying on the ground, still alive for only a moment, to slowly bleed to death.
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Steve Gaines was killed instantly upon impact and his sister Cassie Gaines perished as well. He had been impaled by a part of the fuselage and it pushed through his body and projected out of his back. Dean Kilpatrick, the band’s manager, lay dead and covered in blood. Ronnie had died instantly upon impact, his head slamming into a tree. One of them being completely decapitated. The pilots were still in their seats, but were laying upside down in nearby trees. A tragic scene no person would ever wish to see or soon forget. The plane was simply not built well enough to even remotely handle the impact from the pine trees at roughly 90 mph. The cockpit, tail, and wings completely ripped apart and the remaining cab lay desolate, in the shape of an L. Suffocating the people on the bottom from the sheer weight. All of the seats were ripped from the frame of the plane, landing in the front section of the crash. The only thing left was a trail of debris and people. Marc Frank remembers seeing complete and total despair. The Guillsberg, Missippi, crash site of the Convair CV-240.